Intensification of the wastewater treatment process with electrolytic gases

Abstract

Abstract High regulatory requirements for the quality of treated water discharged into watercourses and wear and tear of local treatment facilities dictate the need to develop new technological solutions in the field of water treatment systems. In this regard, technologies that implement methods of electrophysical or electrochemical impact on polluting components in the processed liquid have found wide application in the treatment of waste and substandard waters. In this case, on the one hand, in order to increase the efficiency of collecting pollutants, it is necessary to strive to increase the number and decrease the size of electrolytic gas bubbles providing this collection, and on the other hand, it is necessary to optimize the operating modes of the electrode system and the material execution of the electrodes themselves, since the time of their operation depends on this. To solve this compromise problem, the design of an electroflotator has been developed, in which an electrode system is installed in the lower part of the tank, consisting of vertical anodes and cathodes. Each pair of them has the shape of cylinders and is fixed on the side surfaces of the dielectric ring separating them. The height of the ring from above and from below is made greater than the height of the anode and cathode by an amount equal to the annular gap between the adjacent anode and cathode. This design of the spacer ring prevents current leakage from the cathode to the anode and, accordingly, the dissolution of the anode ends. If the height of the ring above and below is executed by an amount less than the annular gap, there is a twofold increase in the density of the anode current at the ends of the anode and cathode, intensifying the dissolution of the anodes and the ingress of dissolution products into the solution and onto the walls of the electrodes, increasing their electrical resistance and reducing the performance of treatment facilities by liquid to be cleaned.